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English Language and Literature

Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Journal

1992

Beowulf—Social and political aspects

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Loss And Recompense: Responsibilities In Beowulf, Sarah Beach Apr 1992

Loss And Recompense: Responsibilities In Beowulf, Sarah Beach

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Examines “the importance of communal responsibilities, particularly dealing with matters of loss and recompense” in the supporting narrative material of the Beowulf poem. This theme provides “a key for understanding the relationship between the main events of the poem and the supporting sub-stories.”